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                          Answer No. 90.

20. Total strength	625
Muhammadans	242
Mahrattas	140
Jat Sikhs	141
Hindustani Brahmans	14
Rajputs	13
Chattris	15
Jats	50
Christians	10
(a) Combatants	623
(b) Non-combatants	2
(c) Authorised camp followers	403

Twelve syces from Hindustan only smoke
ganja.

The syces are private followers and are not
enlisted.

24.  Nil.

25.  So little used in this regiment, have no data
to go on.

28. One pie per diem, I understand, is what a
syce spends. They are paid R6-8 per mensem
by silladars.

32.  None known to me.

33.  A ganja-smoker is looked down on to a cer
tain extent. Bhang is a stimulant of higher re-
pute. The practice is looked down on as degrading
by the men of this regiment.

None so far as I know.

39. Smoking is injurious, as it violates the
respiratory passages to quite a marked degree
afterwards: it also promotes thirst.

41.  Those who drink bhang in moderation say
it benefits them during hot weather.

42.  I think the probabilities are moderate use
of these drugs is not adhered to.

43.  Yes.

44.  They increase appetite, give a sense of well-
being and promote pleasant sleep; are also aphro-
disiac. No after-effects or uneasiness. This is
when taken in strictest moderation.

45.  No.

No.

No.

Smoking causes bronchitis.

They may perhaps make a man more sexually
active.

I have no experience.

46.  I have no experience. A man who runs
"amuck" is often spoken of as "bhanged."* But
I do not know how this state is arrived at, or what
it is when produced.

49. I think so, from what I have been told.

51. I have no data to give.

53.  I have no experience.

54.  It is commonly so supposed.

55.  I do not know.

* i.e. prepared by ganja-smoking.

                              Answer No. 91.

20. (a) Combatants 823—

Muhammadans.

Concan (Mahrattas)	7
Deccan "	34
Guzerat	3
Rajputana	19
Central India	9
North-Western Provin-
ces and Oudh	25
Panjab	14
Trans-Indus in British
territory	1
Nizam's Dominions	6
Kathiawar	18

Hindus.

Concan Mahrattas	116
Deccan "	100
Kathiawar	1
Panjab Sikhs	99
Rajputana—
Brahmans	7
Jats	115
Rajputs	31
Ahir	9
Gujar	17
Sutar	1
Mekhan	2
Mainhar	1
Mina	1
Kelar	1

Central India—

Brahmans	2
Thakurs	1
Rajput	17
Gujar	14
Sutar	1

North-Western Provinces
and Oudh—

Brahmans	55
Thakurs	20
Ahirs	15
Chattris	10
Kumbri	5
Bhujwa	5
Pasi	4
Bhat	6
Garerya	3
Kayat	3
Kahar	1
Murai	1
Nao	1
Kori	1
Jamboli	1

Christians.

Christians		19
	TOTAL	823

(b) Non-combatants 4—

Hindus.

Concan Mahrattas	2
North-Western Provinces
and Oudh Brahmans	2
TOTAL	4

(c) Authorised camp followers 14—

Sweepers	8
Thakur.	1
Brahmans	2
Kori	2
Kahar	1
TOTAL	14
GRAND TOTAL	841